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    Secondary metering rod size?

    Not matter what he claims, Short bread, Donkey Dong likes the cold.. If he didn't, he wouldn't be living up there.. All them New Englanders are crazy in love with snow, ice, and salt on the roads, and frozen sidewalks.. LMAO...
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    Secondary metering rod size?

    Get rid of the EGR. Don't just disconnect it, toss the sumbitch in the trash and block off the ports in the manifold!!!!. Those things are nothing but a pain in the ass.. Their operation effects everything about an engine.. When faulty, they cause hesitation, poor performance, poor gas mileage...
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    Secondary metering rod size?

    Oh.... I guess I misunderstood the post in your other thread.. When you were describing building it I thought it was something you did a while back..
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    Secondary metering rod size?

    Have you had a chance to put it through the paces since you built it??
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    Secondary metering rod size?

    Back in the first few years of my racing, I ran "stock" then highly modified Q-jets --- the rules dictated carburetor requirements.. By design, the Q-jet is pretty forgiving on the tune, especially on a stock or near stock engine.. There are so many variations in it's "geography" and parts being...
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    Secondary metering rod size?

    I don't have an axe that needs grinding but I stayed one night at a motel 6.. Most of the (we're talking Chevy here) factory produced blocks for the past few decades are high nickel alloy as a weight saving design.. There is a bit of extra strength but not enough to rave about.. The last 3...
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    Engine identification

    Today's kids have the attitude of "who needs books, if it's on the internet, it's gotta be true..."
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    Engine identification

    If you were looking for an answer, there had to be a question in there somewhere.. I looked back and didn't see a question so I asked you "what was the question?" If you want to debate with me, come back with more accurate "ammunition" your bed ain't all that's short right now...
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    Engine identification

    That's the one.. Ol' Smokey cut and carved on that Chevelle body something fierce.. Reduced the frontal area, chopped the A pillars and added more rake to the windshield, narrowed the car, and lots of other body mods.. And made the damn thing fit the templates.. Standing alone the changes...
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    Engine identification

    Well short bread, you missed the boat on this one.. I don't make it a habit to quote myself but I will issue a clue.. Go back and read post #22.. Your answer is right there in the second paragraph..:bleh:
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    Engine identification

    what was the question again??????
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    Engine identification

    I never owned a "W" engine, but I've worked on and around a bunch of 'em.. I had a pair of valve covers like that one.. My shop was broken into in the '70s and the valve covers were among the items stolen.. In the mid '60s, a friend of mine who worked at a local Chevrolet dealership had a 409 in...
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    Engine identification

    A cut and paste from that article--- "Chevy built both a 409 Mark II, and a 427 Mark IIs, with the “S” standing for stroked. Among its many test bed purposes was evaluating the use of screw in rocker studs." That article is a Hot Rod Magazine article.. HRM is worse than CNN about fucked up...
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    Engine identification

    In 1962, I put a 327 in my '55 Chevy 150 2dr sedan.. Although I did some drag racing with it, the car wasn't a full blown race car.. But it was one wicked drag slick wearing, no mufflers and bumpers, street car.. One of my co-workers, in an attempt to "unseat" me as the top dog, bought a new...
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    Engine identification

    The ORIGINAL mystery engine was the "W" 396. It appeared only one full season, and was available to factory backed teams only. In 1964, NASCAR changed the engine rules and stated no more "limited to race only engines" would be allowed.. Factories must produce at least 500 copies and make them...
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    Engine identification

    That's a 1961 heater delete Biscayne. 62 was the first year for alternators.. It's either a tribute race car or possibly the real deal.. Being as it's white, it could very well be Hayden Profitt's Super Stock car.. He was The Man in Super Stock during those days.
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    Engine identification

    The "W" wasn't an official designation.. It's a nick name that got applied to it because of the valve cover shape.. It originally appeared in the Chevrolet large (one ton and up) trucks in late '57.. The valves don't run in a straight line.. the exhausts are near the bottom edge, two in the...
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    Engine identification

    All the alpha-numeric digits before the first "F" in the engine ID number stamped on the pad are referred to as "partial VIN".. These digits will appear, in the same order, on the VIN tag along with some additional numbers.. If that engine came from the '57 you mentioned, the "Partial VIN" on it...
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    Engine identification

    With Donkey Dong being the resident big block expert, I was hoping he would jump in first with the answer.. Even though Chevrolet made some major frame and chassis changes, the Impala was just an upgraded Bel Air.. The "W" engine was the first big block.. Canted and offset valves, large (for...
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    Engine identification

    Well, you can't be expected to see everything.. 1958 was the first year for side placement engine mounts.. What other significant event occurred at Chevrolet that year??
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    Engine identification

    According to the partial VIN numbers, the engine was actually built at the Flint, MI plant in 1956 and attached to a powerglide transmission.. 3.875 (3 7/8') bore would be a 283.. I stand to be corrected on this next tidbit.. 3.750 (3 3/4') bore is a 265.. Because of the heavy wall castings...
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    Engine identification

    It's a 1957 engine.. 55 was the first year for the Chevy v8.. '55 and '56 didn't have the integral oil filter.. '57 was the first year for it.. '58 was the first year for side mount bosses..
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    exhaust manifold donut

    You're talking about the heat riser valve.. Manifold to heat riser valve requires a flat "three sided" gasket.. A donut gasket is used between the valve and the exhaust pipe.. The studs in the passenger side manifold are longer so that everything can be "sandwiched" together.. The early valves...
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    exhaust manifold donut

    Donut gaskets come in two configurations.. One has a steel sleeve attached to the I.D. and is approximately twice the depth of the gasket.. The sleeve fits into the exhaust pipe and prevents the donut from collapsing... The other type donut doesn't have the sleeve.. It requires an exhaust pipe...
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    Hesitation - 400 sbc 850cfm 4-Quadrajet

    Sticking, worn out, or broken centrifugal advance mechanism in the distributor can cause hesitation also.. If the EGR valve is stuck open, most times the engine will idle rough, and might periodically stall out.. If it's stuck closed (not likely), the engine will detonate during light...
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